ArticleEpidemiology and infection2016
The management of scabies outbreaks in residential care facilities for the elderly in England: a review of current health protection guidelines.
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- Do we know how scabies outbreaks in residential and nursing care homes for the elderly should be managed? A systematic review of interventions using a novel approach to assess evidence quality.Epidemiology and infection · 2019Pooled it
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- Increased Scabies Incidence at the Beginning of the 21st Century: What Do Reports from Europe and the World Show?Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Scabies: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2021Review
- Prevalence of scabies in long-term care hospitals in South Korea.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- The public health control of scabies: priorities for research and action.Lancet (London, England) · 2019Review
- Implementation and evaluation of an algorithm for the management of scabies outbreaks.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Article
- The public health importance of scabies in community domiciliary care settings: an exploratory cross-sectional survey of Health Protection Teams in England.Epidemiology and infection · 2019Article
- Infected with Scabies Again? Focus in Management in Long-Term Care Facilities.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Review
- Control Strategies for Scabies.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2018Review
- Scabies outbreaks in ten care homes for elderly people: a prospective study of clinical features, epidemiology, and treatment outcomes.The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2018Observational
- Scabies in residential care homes: Modelling, inference and interventions for well-connected population sub-units.PLoS computational biology · 2018Article
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Abstract
Commonly thought of as a disease of poverty and overcrowding in resource-poor settings globally, scabies is also an important public health issue in residential care facilities for the elderly (RCFE) in high-income countries such as the UK. We compared and contrasted current local Health Protection Team (HPT) guidelines for the management of scabies outbreaks in RCFE throughout England. We performed content analysis on 20 guidelines, and used this to create a quantitative report of their variation in key dimensions. Although the guidelines were generally consistent on issues such as the treatment protocols for individual patients, there was substantial variation in their recommendations regarding the prophylactic treatment of contacts, infection control measures and the roles and responsibilities of individual stakeholders. Most guidelines did not adequately address the logistical challenges associated with mass treatment in this setting. We conclude that the heterogeneous nature of the guidelines reviewed is an argument in favour of national guidelines being produced.
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